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Wheaton woman triumphs over disabling hearing loss

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Completely deaf whenever she is not wearing this cochlear implant device, Nancy Chovancek of Wheaton has written a book about her struggles with hearing loss.

Burt Constable | Staff Photographer

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Using this remote to control the signals of her cochlear implant device, Nancy Chovancek of Wheaton can once again hear well enough to talk on the phone.

Burt Constable | Staff Photographer

Not looking like herself after surgery to install cochlear implant devices behind her ears, Nancy Chovancek of Wheaton went a month without hearing anything. Now, when she wears the device, she hears well enough to use the telephone again.

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A Wheaton woman's lifelong struggle with hearing loss inspired her to write a book, with its title taken from a moment that made her cry: Her first recognition of the songs of birds after her cochlear implant surgery.

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